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Paul Anderson (Minnesota judge)
Paul H. Anderson was an associate justice on the Minnesota Supreme Court. He served in this capacity from July 1, 1994, until May 2013 when he reached the state's mandatory retirement age.[1][2]
Education
Justice Anderson earned his bachelor's degree from Macalester College in 1965 and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1968.[3]
Career
Prior to joining the supreme court, Anderson served as chief judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals from September 1992 to June 30, 1994. He was an associate and partner with the firm LeVander, Gillen & Miller Law Offices in South St. Paul from 1971 to 1992. Anderson was a special assistant attorney general, Criminal Division and Department of Public Safety, Office of Minnesota Attorney General from 1970 to 1971. He was also a VISTA (Volunteers In Service to America) attorney from 1968 to 1969, and served as a neighborhood attorney for New Haven Legal Assistance in New Haven, Connecticut.[3]
Associations and activities
- Board member and president, Dakota County Bar Association
- Board member & chairman of board, Independent School District #199
- Member and chairman, Community Services Advisory Committee, Independent School District #199
- 1982-1984: Independent School District #199 PER Committees
- Deacon and ruling elder, House of Hope Presbyterian Church, St. Paul
- Board member and executive committee member, South St. Paul/Inver Grove Heights Chamber of Commerce
- 1991-1992: Member and chair of Minnesota Commission on Judicial Selection
- Member, National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society[4]
2010 Video
Justice Anderson comments on Chief Justice Magnuson's resignation and state of Minnesota Supreme Court.
A Right Wing MN Chief Justice? Justice Anderson Thinks Not.
Elections
2008
Anderson was re-elected to the court in 2008.
| Candidate | Incumbent | Primary % | Election % |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Anderson  |
Yes | 63.8% | 60.4% | |
| Tim Tingelstad | No | 21.8% | 39.2% | |
| Alan Nelson | No | 14.5% |
Political ideology
In October 2012, political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices. They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal.
Anderson received a campaign finance score of -0.27, indicating a liberal ideological leaning. This was more liberal than the average score of -0.07 that justices received in Minnesota.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body (governor or legislature). This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors.[7]
See also
- News: Minnesota Supreme Court judges recuse themselves from cases involving U. of Minnesota, April 30, 2012
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Minnesota Courts, "Associate Justice Paul H. Anderson to Retire from Minnesota Supreme Court," January 4, 2013
- ↑ CT Post, "Dayton appoints Lillehaug to Minn. Supreme Court," March 26, 2013
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Minnesota Courts, "Profile of Paul Anderson"
- ↑ National Advisory Council Members, American Judicature Society
- ↑ 2010 Minnesota Secretary of State, "2008 Primary Election Results"
- ↑ Minnesota Secretary of State, "2008 General Election Results"
- ↑ Stanford University, "State Supreme Court Ideology and 'New Style' Judicial Campaigns," October 31, 2012
Federal courts:
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Minnesota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Minnesota
State courts:
Minnesota Supreme Court • Minnesota Court of Appeals • Minnesota District Courts • Minnesota Problem-Solving Courts • Minnesota Tax Court • Minnesota Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals
State resources:
Courts in Minnesota • Minnesota judicial elections • Judicial selection in Minnesota
